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Re: Google Now on your iPhone and iPad

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Post by psbp »

zmanian wrote: post #24

I'm a bit surprised that the iphone version of Google Now beat the Chrome version of Google Now. In my mind, Google Now is about carving out a space on devices where they can actually show high value contextual advertising outside of search. Their pitch to advertisers will be much stronger if they have a foothold on every device. I'm also surprised that this was released before Google I/O. Between near confirmation t…

"The Google X people have been dropping hints about some sort of Control Systems thing...."

Wasn't there suppose to be an X labs announcement this month? Maybe they're saving it for I/O. There is a ton of potential for Google Now to function as a controller for your home (android) devices. For example, you're going home from work on a hot day and a card pops up asking if you want to turn the A/C on so the house is cool when you get home.

Re: Google Now on your iPhone and iPad

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Post by DigitalJack »

mcintyre1994 wrote: post #62

Dammit Google, this is awesome, and genius, and pretty much obsoletes Siri, but why didn't you push this in the Android Google search app? I really want Now on my phone since it's awesome on my tablet, but I can't get Jellybean onto it.

I don't have Siri on my iphone (a 4), but I always thought the benefit was from composing text messages and such...

This is just search isn't it?

Re: Google Now on your iPhone and iPad

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Post by runjake »

[deleted] wrote: post #57
eddieroger wrote: post #46

I fell for Google Now when I booted my old Nexus to test test something, and Google Now had read through my emails and showed me a tracking status for a UPS package I was expecting. I was pretty jealous of that functionality, but never convinced to go back to Android just for one feature. Now, I really have no reason. It's also pretty telling of something when more iOS devices have Google Now than Android devices do.

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Of course he knows it. His comment said he was introduced to Google Now on his Nexus. Google Now requires a minimum of Android 4.1.

iOS feels pretty old-fashioned in comparison.

Pretty subjective. I feel it's the other way around, with Android feeling old-fashioned, although I really like Android's power. I use both Android and iOS daily.

Re: Google Now on your iPhone and iPad

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Post by untog »

epo wrote: post #44

Funny, if Apple trawled through your email, calendar and search history to pull a stunt like this people would be up in arms. Guess whether a walled garden is a bad thing depends on your particular brand of fanboyishness. Personally speaking, the idea of Google displaying things based on my email history, diary and a knowledge of my location makes me shudder, "You're near that motel where you had that quickie last mo…

Funny, if Apple trawled through your email, calendar and search history to pull a stunt like this people would be up in arms.

Would they? Is there any precedent here of Apple scraping user info? The usual complaints against Apple (mine included) is that their systems are far too locked down and closed to competition- not that they do funny stuff with my data.

Re: Google Now on your iPhone and iPad

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Post by psbp »

songgao wrote: post #50

Has anybody else tried it on iPhone? Mine only shows a wether card, and a map card showing me the way home now; nothing more. I even tried creating event in my calendar (both Google and iOS calendars) but no card is added. Is there a significant sync delay for Google Now to retrieve information?

Give it time. Mine popped up 5 cards that I commonly get in Google Now on my Nexus 7.

Re: Google Now on your iPhone and iPad

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Post by songgao »

psbp wrote: post #67
songgao wrote: post #50

Has anybody else tried it on iPhone? Mine only shows a wether card, and a map card showing me the way home now; nothing more. I even tried creating event in my calendar (both Google and iOS calendars) but no card is added. Is there a significant sync delay for Google Now to retrieve information?

Give it time. Mine popped up 5 cards that I commonly get in Google Now on my Nexus 7.

So it's a initialization delay? If you add something in your calendar, does that pop up as a card right away?

Re: Google Now on your iPhone and iPad

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Post by themckman »

epo wrote: post #44

Funny, if Apple trawled through your email, calendar and search history to pull a stunt like this people would be up in arms. Guess whether a walled garden is a bad thing depends on your particular brand of fanboyishness. Personally speaking, the idea of Google displaying things based on my email history, diary and a knowledge of my location makes me shudder, "You're near that motel where you had that quickie last mo…

Of course it would, because they'd be trawling through data I haven't given them. People have given Google their email, calendar and search history by using their services. We already know they have all of our data. Is it a little scary? Sure. But you can remedy that by choosing not to give all your data to one company. You just forgo, what could be, cool features like Now by doing so.

Re: Google Now on your iPhone and iPad

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Post by ConstantineXVI »

epo wrote: post #44

Funny, if Apple trawled through your email, calendar and search history to pull a stunt like this people would be up in arms. Guess whether a walled garden is a bad thing depends on your particular brand of fanboyishness. Personally speaking, the idea of Google displaying things based on my email history, diary and a knowledge of my location makes me shudder, "You're near that motel where you had that quickie last mo…

It's never been a secret that Google crawls your data, and it's not hard to find people up in arms about it.

And personally, I'm fine with Google doing so when they're actually doing something for my benefit with it (like Now).

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